Applications are invited for the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program – a program of the Stanford University which cuts across multidisciplinary and multicultural community of students without restrictions to age, college or university, field of study, or career aspiration.
Scholarship Description:
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program is cultivated to support a highly-engaged, multidisciplinary and multicultural community of graduate students from across Stanford University, and delivers a diverse collection of educational experiences, preparing graduates to address complex challenges facing the world.
It genuinely seeks visionary thinkers who are curious, open-minded, analytical, eager for cross-cultural perspective, and genuinely excited to boldly and creatively address important challenges.
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Number of Awards: Up to 100 awards
Level and Area Studies:
Stanford’s graduate programs in DMA, JD, MA, MBA, MD, MFA, MPP, MS, or PhD. There are no quotas by discipline or program.
Eligibility and Criteria:
- You must apply to, be accepted by, and enroll in a full-time Stanford graduate degree program. Each incoming Knight-Hennessy Scholar must be a newly enrolling student in a Stanford graduate program.
- You must have earned, in January 2015 or later, a U.S. bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a college or university of recognized standing.
- For U.S. military (active or veteran) applicants, the eligibility window will be extended by two years in acknowledgement of longer service commitments.
- Current college students are eligible if you will earn your first degree by September 2022. The eligibility preference is not based on recency of the degree.
Check Also: Harvard Radcliffe Fellowships, USA
Application Procedure
Applications are to be submitted online. Detailed information on how to apply is available at the official website.
Please note that the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program follows the practices of your graduate degree program; whether or not it requires a standardized test scores. If it does, you must supply the details.
Application Deadline
Important dates and deadlines for the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program are stated on the application page.
Application Period: July 1 through October 12.
